A stormy start to the new year in Rodgau. City fire inspector Andreas Winter reports 16 incidents on New Year's Eve.
From now on, Rodgau parents will no longer pay fees for their children in the last year of kindergarten. Parliament unanimously approved the implementation of the new Bambini programme.
From January, Rodgau will also have a parking permit for tradespeople.
Another roundabout "sponsorship" in Nieder-Roden: The Oczko company is taking over the design and maintenance of the "Rollwald roundabout" on the crossover on a voluntary basis.
The historic timber auction in Dudenhofen takes place for the 13th time.
A precious wood queen is crowned for the first time. Juliane Christ-Seibel is now the first and only holder of this title.
After 30 years, Nieder-Röder forester Manfred Gerhardt retires with a heavy heart, but well deserved, and hands over his territory to his successor Peter Bangert.
The city opens the first free online business portal for Rodgau companies.
Opera, TV and stage star Gunther Emmerlich meets his old teacher Karl Hegner at a tour stop in Rodgau.
The Polyhymnia Sängerkranz Sängervereinigung is starting its 135th anniversary year.
City launches the "Rodgau educates the future" project. Head of Social Affairs Michael Schüßler presents his initiative to network educational institutions for 0 to 27-year-olds.
Münchhausen School is also given the green light to become an open all-day school. The city of Rodgau approves the funding for the project.
The renaturalisation of the Rodau is making progress.
The go-ahead has been given for the further natural reorganisation in Hainhausen and Weiskirchen.
Remmidemmi on Rodgau's streets: Miriam I (Seib) and Stephan I (Sattler) storm the town hall and hijack the town treasury.
The carnival procession winds its way through Giesem with 60 procession numbers under the motto "Construction sites still and still - the carnival procession is still going".
The station forecourt in Jügesheim now has a new bus interchange facility. A spacious square, technically and visually upgraded, and the new passenger information system installed by the district transport company offer the best possible comfort when waiting and changing buses.
34 companies present themselves at the Rodgau training fair at Heinrich-Böll-Schule. This is the 11th time that the town has offered pupils and parents information about apprenticeships and training opportunities.
The Hainhausen History and Culture Association is born. With six affiliated associations and 26 supporting members, the new association begins its activities under its first chairman Georg Murmann. The 900th anniversary of Hainhausen next year is firmly in their sights.
Heide Klabers from TGS Jügesheim receives the Lu-Röder Prize from the President of the State Sports Association Rolf Müller, which honours commitment to promoting women in sport in particular.
The adult education centre's Easter exhibition in the Nieder-Roden community centre features 50 exhibitors.
Numerous deserving club members received honours and medals at the big club gala in the Dudenhofen community centre.
First District Councillor Claudia Jäger presented Norbert Purschian with the State Certificate of Honour, while unicyclists Janina Messinger and Stephanie Dietze were named Sportswomen of the Year.
The Geschwister-Scholl-Schule in Hainhausen is ensuring greater safety on school transport. 21 pupils from year eight trained diligently and are now volunteering as bus and train attendants. The aim is to prevent vandalism and violence.
The spring market in Jügesheim once again attracts over 1000 people to stroll, shop and linger in the town.
Big open day at all municipal daycare centres. From Rollwald to Weiskirchen, eleven facilities present their concepts and ideas.
The town of Rodgau has been highly recognised by the "Weiterbildung in Hessen" association for its employment and qualification measures for young people. The award of a certificate recognises the high standard of the project.
The town mourns the death of Wolfgang Kern, who passed away in March at the age of 63. Wolfgang Kern was Rodgau's town fire inspector for 20 years and an active member of the Nieder-Roden volunteer fire brigade for 50 years.
The City of Rodgau's cultural sponsorship prize for 2006 will be awarded at a ceremony in the auditorium of the Georg Büchner School. It goes to the group "Die Jugendfastnacht" of the Turngesellschaft 1895 Jügesheim e.V. and to the school big band of the Georg Büchner School under the direction of Mr Willibald Spahn.
The working group for local history revives historical field work in Nieder-Roden. Malting barley is sown in the traditional way using a horse and plough. The barley is then harvested in July and threshed with old flails for the Nieder-Roden Kerb.
SOS-Helferkreis Nieder-Roden, which not only supports children in need all over the world, but also traditionally enriches the municipal art exhibition and the VHS Easter exhibition with culinary delights, is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
The "Triathlon Rodgau" club, which has now been in existence for 10 years, is also continuing to develop well.
The women's aid organisation in Dudenhofen, which was founded in 1904, has converted its Katharina von Bora Fund, which was set up 10 years ago, into a foundation. Under the chairmanship of Elsbeth Petzinger, Frauenhilfe Dudenhofen is pleased to be able to secure its social work for the future.
Three local SPD organisations merge. The SPD Rodgau-Nord now comprises the former local chapters Weiskirchen, Hainhausen and Jügesheim.
Lena Krawczyk from the TGM SV Jügesheim wins the German Championships in the student class of guard and show dancing and thus qualifies for the European Championships.
The youth polka formation "Footloose" and the youth couple dancer Luca Einloft from TGM SV Jügesheim are also taking part in the European Championships.
The Dean of the Protestant Deanery of Rodgau, Pastor Jutta Jürges-Helm, is retiring.
The lido opens for the season and attracts thousands of visitors in the first few days.
Once again this year, numerous DLRG members receive their well-deserved awards.
For the first time, TGS Jügesheim celebrates its nationally renowned 1st May festival in the new Maingau-Energie-Stadium in the Weichsee.
The Dudenhofen Male Voice Choir celebrates its 165th anniversary and heralds the start of a series of festive events with the academic celebration.
Together with over 80 citizens, First District Councillor Claudia Jäger and Mayor Alois Schwab open the Rodgau loop of the "Hessian Cider and Orchard Route".
With an initial eleven partner businesses on the circular route marked out with Nabu and ADFC, the town has a leisure attraction that is based on tradition and nature.
A permanent "round table" is opened in Rodgau: The Nieder-Roden trade association designs the centre roundabout on the Querspange in Nieder-Roden in an original way and takes over its maintenance with remarkable voluntary commitment.
Bottleneck in Hainhausen is finally eliminated: The post office will once again have a branch open all day.
The fire brigades from Nieder-Roden and the Austrian twin town of Hainburg celebrate their 35th anniversary of partnership, to which the friends from Hainburg travel with the youth fire brigade.
The VdK local association in Nieder-Roden celebrates its 60th anniversary. 60 years in which it has become indispensable to the social fabric of the town of Rodgau.
Big discussion about retail in Rodgau. What does the town have, what does it lack? The town of Rodgau commissions the creation of a retail concept.
Gymnasts from TGS Jügesheim win the Hesse Championships in Gymnastics Youth Group Competition II and Group Championships and qualify for the German Championships.
For the 25th time, the trade association organises its Jügesheim Gassenfest and once again casts a spell over the whole of Rodgau.
The tennis club's asparagus festival is also being held in Dudenhofen for the 25th time and is just as successful, presenting not only culinary delights but also visual ones: Works of art from 30 exhibitors can be admired this year.
The state of Hesse is looking for "Clean Heroes" for the first time. As part of the Hessian environmental campaign "Clean Hesse", this new campaign is aimed at citizens who take the initiative to keep public places tidy. During a visit to the mayor, the first participants in Rodgau were the kindergarten children from the "spider group" at Schlotterstein Castle, who would like to take over the "sponsorship" of a picnic area in "their" forest.
Active service for people: The German Red Cross in Weiskirchen organises its 100th blood donation campaign.
Big crocodile race in Weiskirchen: The Weiskirchen trade association sends around 1500 crocodiles into the race at its "Bach-Ufer-Party" for the benefit of Hainhäuser and Weiskirchen day-care centres and records a prominent winner: the crocodile of former mayor and honorary citizen Paul Scherer swims to first place!
And another swimming race on the Rodau: the Emmaus parish in Jügesheim lets 2300 plastic ducks into the water in its third duck race. Here, too, the real winners are children and young people. The proceeds from the Emmaus parish duck race go exclusively to the parish's children's and youth work.
The daycare centre in Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße in Dudenhofen is celebrating its 40th birthday and invites you to a colourful birthday party.
Dorothee Wirth from the Rodgau running club wins the Hesse championship at the marathon in Kassel.
Mayor Alois Schwab celebrates his 50th birthday and invites the public to a large reception.
The Heinrich Böll School also provides volunteer bus and train escorts.
Twelve 13- and 14-year-old pupils are now responsible for ensuring greater fairness and order in the student lines.
The Schoenstatt Centre in Weiskirchen celebrates its 25th anniversary and welcomes Cardinal Karl Lehmann to the celebrations. The "Shrine of Everyday Sanctity" chapel was consecrated 25 years ago.
First centralised Abitur also in Rodgau. 188 high school graduates have made it!
Ilka Ludwig from TGM SV Jügesheim wins national final in sports aerobics.
A big celebration weekend for the Dudenhofen male voice choir: the 165th anniversary reaches its climax.
The 2007 budget adopted in May is approved by the Offenbach district.
The holiday games in the districts of Weiskirchen, Jügesheim and Nieder-Roden are opened. More than 300 children take part.
At the Hessian Athletics Championships in Selters, Kornelia Wrzesniok from LG Rodgau is runner-up in the women's W40 hammer throw.
Mayor Alois Schwab's 50th birthday brought in donations totalling €5,300 for the Frankfurt Children's Aid Foundation.
Majority of the municipal council maintains option for wind energy in Weiskirchen. Priority areas for the wind farm are designated via the regional land utilisation plan.
Approval has been granted for the construction of a new scout centre.
Pastor Gabriele Remane is leaving the Protestant Trinitatis parish in Rodgau/Rembrücken after three years. The festive service in the Bonhoeffer-Haus will take place with the participation of the wind ensemble of the Weiskirchen Music Association and the Da Capo choir.
The 12th Culinary Week at the TGM SV Jügesheim club once again spoils the people of Rodgau with its daily changing dishes.
There is a lot of overtime at the registry office on 07.07.07. On this special date, more couples get married than usual.
The 11th Wine Week and Fountain Festival takes place on Puiseauxplatz in Nieder-Roden. It is hugely popular with the locals, which is certainly not only due to the involvement of a winery from Styria and the Austrian specialities.
Florian Elbert from TGM SV becomes Hessen champion in the pentathlon in Melsungen.
Hermann Jäger, Jan Böttcher and Franziska Resch are expelled from the CDU by the district party court because they "no longer share the CDU's ideas".
The joint investment by TGM SV and TGS Jügesheim, the Maingau Energy Stadium, is opened. City decides to subsidise energy savers. The application must be submitted before conversion or installation. 30,000 is made available for the environmental fund.
The Emmausgemeinde Jügesheim receives the fundraising prize worth €2,000.
A break-in at Atlas-Rhein-Main GmbH in Weiskirchen causes damage totalling €40,000.
The choral society Sängervereinigung Sängerkranz "Polyhymnia" celebrates its 135th anniversary.
TGS Jügesheim opens its new office. Chairman Jürgen Follmann now has space for a trainee and two FSJ positions (voluntary social year).
Runner-up Jan Rudolph brings the German Cup to Rodgau in Dortmund. The German Cup is regarded as the unofficial German championship for apparatus gymnasts. Jan Rudolph performed on six apparatus.
Uwe Wiegand is the 100,000th swimmer of the season at the Rodgau lido. He is accompanied by his sons Steven and Marvin.
The municipal trainees Kathrin Berger, Thomas Dursun, Anne Klein and Sebastian Wilhelm have successfully completed their training.
A nest of smooth or smooth snakes is discovered in the Dudenhöfer Forest in the Katzenberg district.
Garbe Logistic AG, a logistics property developer from Hamburg, is acquiring six hectares of commercial space in the Nieder-Roden industrial estate.
Ilona Jäger from Culinara in Jügesheim is in the Hessian final for a place in the nationwide "Courage Maker of the Nation" competition.
The composting plant will remain an open plant. It is sufficient for Rodgau and more cost-effective than a closed treatment plant.
Dog waste bags are now also available in Rodgau! 50 bags cost the dog owner one euro.
Eckhard Glöckner from the Heinrich Böll School in the Nieder-Roden district is one of "Germany's best teachers". The educational director was recognised with the "Pisagoras" teacher award. This prize is awarded to 79 teachers throughout Germany.
The renovation of St Mary's Church in Dudenhofen has been completed. The all-round renovation of the church cost around €500,000.
The Dreimärker forest festival takes place at the "Dreimärker" boundary stone erected in 1783 between Dudenhofen, Seligenstadt and Babenhausen. Mayor Reinhard Rupprecht (Babenhausen), Mayor Dagmar Nonn-Adams (Seligenstadt) and First City Councillor Hildegard Ripper, City Councillor Michael Schüßler and the Chairman of the Friends of the Dreimärker Hans-Jürgen Lange are joined by many citizens from the three municipalities.
The Germania 1911 Jügesheim cycling club invites you to the 12th Culinary Sports Advertising Week. At the Eghalanda Gmoi z'Rodgau courtyard festival, goulash, Bohemian dumplings and Liwanzen are in demand.
Action against aerobatic aircraft in Dudenhofen: residents suffer from aircraft noise at weekends and after work.
Heinz Carl hands over a collection of signatures to the Hessian Minister President Roland Koch.
The 40th anniversary of the Rodgau fishing club is celebrated for two days at the Backfischfest.
The SKV Hainhausen bowling department celebrates its 30th anniversary with its pergola festival.
The Germania 1977 Jügesheim cycling club organises the first poker tournament in Jügesheim with over 100 participants.
Rodgau's longest-serving pastor Eckehard Schwanke is retiring after 34 years of service in the Protestant parish of Nieder-Roden.
The German Red Cross blood drive in Dudenhofen has broken records again! Dirk Schneider donated blood 125 times and Reinhold Mai 100 times.
With a target size of 450 pupils, Claus-von-Stauffenberg-Schule, the upper secondary school in Dudenhofen, has 525 pupils in the new school year.
The first western riding tournament in Weiskirchen attracts 90 participants.
100 children starting school at the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Schule in Dudenhofen experience a visit from the Hessian Minister President Roland Koch. 250 pupils in grades 2 - 4 sing the welcome song. Dudenhofen is one of the few open all-day schools. There are a total of 460 ABC pupils in Rodgau.
The 900th anniversary of Hainhausen casts its shadow ahead: the history and culture association erects a 9 metre high castle tower at the former moated castle.
Steffen Hartig from Hainhausen wins the sixth Rodgau Triathlon with 660 participants. Claudia Richter from Bad Homburg won the women's race.
Heidemarie Appelmann, Valentin Mayer and Franz Wald are awarded the State Certificate of Honour for their voluntary commitment to the association.
Ground-breaking ceremony of the special-purpose association for water supply in the city and district of Offenbach for its new administration and laboratory building in the Jügesheim forest on the site of the waterworks.
8,000 marijuana plants and 40 kg of marijuana ready for sale are seized in a warehouse in the Jügesheim industrial estate.
Dudenhofen's 33rd Keeskuchefest once again sees brisk sales of the Dudenhofen speciality.
At the Jügesheim fire brigade's hose tower festival, the fire brigade promotes a joint station with Hainhausen.
Maingau Energie GmbH is planning natural gas pipelines in the south of Jügesheim.
Kerb in Jügesheim with open Sunday and Kerbfrühschoppen in the courtyards and 20th anniversary of "Rodgau-Passage" with a wine festival lasting several days. At the 26.
24-hour run at the Dudenhofen sports centre, in which 42 teams took part, a donation record of 101,500 euros was achieved. Participants included the 800 metre Olympic champion Nils Schumann. The proceeds from this charity run will be used to extend the "Vordergasse 26" project by seven flats for disabled people.
The smallest wine festival in the world takes place at the Backes in the Dudenhofen district.
A new database is being created at www.rodgau.de. On the Rodgau homepage, citizens can now complete many applications, apply for bulky waste collection and passports, have their income tax card changed or register for a VHS course.
After three years, the Open Monument Day once again allows visitors to climb the Jügesheim water tower and visit the Protestant church in Dudenhofen.
Kerb in Nieder-Roden with live music and many culinary delicacies.
Rodgau lido closes on 16 September due to bad weather. A total of 170,000 visitors were recorded this year.
The town's yearbook is published with a focus on the "Cider Route" and is distributed to all households for the first time.
The children's festival of the city of Rodgau takes place for the 26th time at the forest leisure centre in Jügesheim.
19 young people start their training with the city.
Kerb in Nieder-Roden around St Matthias and in many courtyards.
2nd big band benefit concert in the auditorium of the Georg Büchner School with its big band and the big band of Hessischer Rundfunk. The proceeds go in equal parts to the German Child Protection Association and the Rodgau Free Music School.
The "Alte Apotheke" (old pharmacy) in Jügesheim is once again set up by the local history association for viewing purposes.
The German-Polish Friendship Association is only now celebrating its tenth anniversary with the Liceum in Ilawa in the GBS auditorium due to the student exchange programme at the Georg Büchner School.
Jürgen Hoffmann is nominated as a candidate for the mayoral election by the SPD delegates' meeting.
Mayor Alois Schwab is not nominated as the CDU candidate in the 2009 mayoral election.
Excavation work begins on the former TGM SV sports ground on Gartenstrasse and Konrad-Kappler-Strasse for the construction of 31 houses.
Pastor Ralf Weißenstein is introduced as the new pastor with a church service and a ceremony in Dudenhofen.
The construction of the natural gas pipe storage facility will be postponed for the time being until the complete planning documents are available.
Rodgau forgoes celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of the Rodgau Adult Education Centre.
Reopening of the Georg Büchner School after six years of construction with a ceremony.
A third of the 100 citizens invited attend the citizens' reception. All Rodgau residents who have a birthday on 10 June will be invited to the citizens' reception in 2008.
The district is investing 5.2 million euros in the Claus-von-Stauffenberg School in the Dudenhofen district, which was built in 1980. This will also create four additional classrooms, which are also urgently needed for the G8 programme.
Inauguration of the new synthetic athletics track at the Weichsee sports centre with a parade and family party; it is the only synthetic track in Rodgau. A grass pitch for footballers is also inaugurated.
20 years of Jericho will begin with a concert in the St Nicholas Church in Jügesheim.
The VdK local association in Weiskirchen, which supports and advises the disabled, chronically ill and senior citizens, celebrates its 60th anniversary with numerous honours.
The theatre group "Großes Welttheater" presents "theatre snippets" at the second wine evening with wine & onion tart.
Florian Elbert from TGM SV wins the bronze medal in the stone throw in the male youth A group at the German all-around championships in Gelnhausen.
A mosque of the Ahmadiyya, an Islamic denomination with its origins in Pakistan, is coming to the Jügesheim industrial estate.
In the Citizens' Office, the test operation for the new passports with fingerprints, which will be introduced from November 2007, begins.
60th anniversary of the VdK Dudenhofen and Jügesheim with numerous honours. VdK Dudenhofen members Ernst-Ludwig Heberer, Werner Hofmann and Günter Schittek are awarded the State of Hesse's Certificate of Honour.
The 1st Festival of Lights takes place in Weiskircher Straße in the Jügesheim district. Over a length of 300 metres, the street shines in atmospheric candlelight with over 100 stalls and live music on two stages.
The 2007 Culture Prize goes to the artist, painter and sculptor Gerd Steinle from Dudenhofen.
Opel wants to build two new test tracks in the Dudenhofen district.
Carsten Tag becomes the new dean of the Protestant deanery in Rodgau.
The head of the building department, Heribert Söllner, is officially bid farewell after more than 27 years with Rodgau town council.
At the TGS club gala, over 150 members are honoured for their long-standing memberships and successes in district, Hesse and German championships.
The 1st Hospice Day in Rodgau provides information about the tasks involved in supporting people at the end of life.
The anniversary concert of the TGS wind orchestra department brings together musicians from Weiskirchen to Nieder-Roden.
Hesse's Minister of Social Affairs, Silke Lautenschläger, honoured four Rodgau clubs with the "Stars of Sport", with Dr Jürgen Follmann, Chairman of TGS Jügesheim, receiving a silver star in first place. Third place went to TG Nieder-Roden behind the Hollywood recreational sports department of TSV Heusenstamm. Further stars went to TGM SV for 5th place and TSV Dudenhofen for 8th place.
As every year, the municipal art exhibition takes place in the community centre in Nieder-Roden. 57 exhibitors are represented.
There is a great atmosphere throughout the weekend at the Kerb in the Dudenhofen district.
The women's refuge in Rodgau has been in existence for 15 years: 995 women and 953 children have used it so far.
300 athletes from eight Rodgau clubs inspire at the Gymnaestrada in the sports hall of the Claus-von-Stauffenberg-Schule. TGM SV Jügesheim honours its athletes at a family afternoon in the Lange Straße sports hall.
The carnival season begins late! The TGS carnivalists hoist the flag at the town hall four minutes and 44 seconds late. The weather gods are not kind to the jesters this time.
The Polyhymnia singers' association celebrates its 135th birthday with a song recital in the Nieder-Roden community centre. 24 clubs and groups from the Offenbach district and the Darmstadt-Dieburg district present themselves with a colourful musical mix.
Various St Martin's Day processions will once again delight numerous children this year, for example the St Martin's Day procession in Dudenhofen with St Martin on horseback followed by a campfire and hot chocolate.
In this year's parish council elections for the Catholics of Jügesheim and Dudenhofen, a joint parish council will be elected for the first time.
Ilona Jäger, owner of "Jügesheimer Culinara", is the state winner in Hesse in the "Courage Maker of the Nation" competition.
22 works of art by Michael Sahm are on display at the painting exhibition in the Weiskirchen Museum of Local History.
The VdK local associations organise commemorative ceremonies in all parts of the city to mark the National Day of Mourning.
Martina II (Berg) and Frank II are the new regents for the 2007/2008 carnival campaign.
Mrs Sophia Massoth celebrates 40 years of service at the municipal library in Weiskirchen.
The 4th Rodgau Art Mile takes place in the Jügesheim district with record participation.
80 actors from the TSV Dudenhofen unicycling department rehearsed for a year and a half for the musical "Dance of the Vampires". The one-off performance is attended by 1,800 spectators, who marvel at these performances.
Pupils from the Heinrich Böll School in Nieder-Roden pack Christmas parcels for orphans in Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo.
The Binger Weg daycare centre in the Dudenhofen district is also organising a fundraising campaign for the Orthodox parish of Codlea.
1,200 kilometres of toys, books and clothes are collected at the 10th donation campaign for Romania. The books are for the school library, as the pupils are learning German.
On the 1st Advent, the Advent stroll takes place in Jügesheim with an open Sunday. Numerous visitors come to enjoy the atmospheric ambience.
The Christmas market in Dudenhofen at the Protestant church opens on the 2nd Advent with tower blowing, while in Nieder-Roden the oldest Christmas market in Rodgau takes place at St Matthias Church, this year even with a fairy tale aunt. The Polyhymnia Singers' Association performs the oratorio "Elijah" by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in Alzenau and in St Matthias Church in Nieder-Roden. 130 singers and orchestra achieve a magnificent success at their anniversary concert, for which they have been rehearsing for two years.
Heinz Spahn has been a member of the German Red Cross in Weiskirchen for 50 years. During this time, he has trained over 10,000 people as first aiders.
The SOS-Helferkreis organises the 5th Nikolausmarkt in the Bürgerhaus Nieder-Roden with a flea market. 50 % of the proceeds of 8,000 euros will go to an SOS Children's Village in St. Petersberg and 25 % each to the Eisenberg and Zwickau Children's Villages.
The Living Advent Calendar in the Haus der Begegnung in the Jügesheim neighbourhood offers an opportunity for contemplative encounters.
The "Museumseisenbahn Hanau" association offers a steam train ride in a 65-year-old class 50 tender locomotive on the Offenbach - Ober-Roden line.
Mercy for an escaped piglet! The piglet that escaped from the Siegler butcher's shop in Dudenhofen, made an excursion onto the B45 and was caught by the police and fire brigade, did not end up as a suckling pig: it was sent to the animal shelter in Rüsselsheim.
The Offenbach District Citizens' Award "For me, for us, for everyone" is awarded to Mr Rudi Bischoff from TGM SV Jügesheim in the "Lifetime achievement" category. He founded the TGM's cross-country skiing department.
Award also for the Rodgau music association "Cantate Domino". The state government honoured the voluntary commitment as "Initiative of the Month". Another "bat-friendly house": Doris and Uwe Stasch from Nieder-Roden have now also received an award from the Hessian Environment Minister's Nature Conservation Association.
Construction of the four-storey nursing home for the elderly in Nieder-Roden has begun. The new nursing home is scheduled for completion at the end of 2008.
The 13th Christmas benefit concert by the "Da Capo" choir in aid of the children's home in Cakany/Slovakia took place in St Nicholas' Church in Jügesheim. The children's home can look forward to an impressive €1,400 in donations.
TGS Jügesheim breaks ground for the extension of the Maingau Energie Stadium for an artificial pitch. Once again this year, an ecumenical forest Christmas is held at Gänsbrüh. Numerous animals such as donkeys, sheep and geese delight the children in particular.
The population of Rodgau has decreased slightly compared to 2006 to 45,236 citizens. On the other hand, the number of births rose by ten children to 379, one of whom was born in Rodgau. There were 135 marriage ceremonies and one civil partnership in Rodgau's registry office in the Dudenhofen district.
Sadly, 154 people died, 140 of whom were resident in Rodgau.
